Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast

By Andrew Olsen, CFRE and Roy Jones, CFREBusiness Marketing Non-Profit

Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast episodes

March 10, 2019 Ep08: Real world ideas to raise more money with Lisa Notaro, CFRE
Over the last six years Lisa Notaro, CFRE (Arizona AFP Fundraiser of the Year for 2018) has led philanthropic efforts to raise over $120 Million for St. Mary’s Food Bank, the nation’s first ever food bank. Her dynamic style, constant positive attitude, and deep experience are keys to her success. In this episode, she shares various tips from her own experience to help any nonprofit leader raise more money for their cause.
48 min
March 10, 2019 Ep08: Real world ideas to raise more money with Lisa Notaro, CFRE
Over the last six years Lisa Notaro, CFRE (Arizona AFP Fundraiser of the Year for 2018) has led philanthropic efforts to raise over $120 Million for St. Mary's Food Bank, the nation's first ever food bank. Her dynamic style, constant positive attitude, and deep experience are keys to her success. In this episode, she shares various tips from her own experience to help any nonprofit leader raise more money for their cause.
48 min
February 22, 2019 Ep07: Creating value through strategy, with Ben Stroup
In this episode we talk with our good friend Ben Stroup, Director of Strategic Development at Christian Broadcasting Network. Ben shares with us about the importance of embracing data and analysis, how CBN bested industry fundraising trends in 2018, and what it takes to innovate and drive change in a large and established nonprofit organization. There’s a ton of value packed into this episode for you!
46 min
February 22, 2019 Ep07: Creating value through strategy, with Ben Stroup
In this episode we talk with our good friend Ben Stroup, Director of Strategic Development at Christian Broadcasting Network. Ben shares with us about the importance of embracing data and analysis, how CBN bested industry fundraising trends in 2018, and what it takes to innovate and drive change in a large and established nonprofit organization. There's a ton of value packed into this episode for you!
46 min
February 14, 2019 Ep06: Fundraising Leadership with, Shawnte Williams, MBA
In this episode we interview Shawnte Williams, MBA, Chief Development Officer at Panama City Rescue Mission. Shawnte shares her perspective on moving from an individual contributor role into a senior-level fundraising leadership role, how she approaches building major donor relationships, and what it’s like to move from a big shop to a smaller shop. You don’t want to miss this!
33 min
February 14, 2019 Ep06: Fundraising Leadership with, Shawnte Williams, MBA
In this episode we interview Shawnte Williams, MBA, Chief Development Officer at Panama City Rescue Mission. Shawnte shares her perspective on moving from an individual contributor role into a senior-level fundraising leadership role, how she approaches building major donor relationships, and what it's like to move from a big shop to a smaller shop. You don't want to miss this!
33 min
January 09, 2019 Ep05: Emotional intelligence is key to fundraising success, with Scott Koskoski
In this interview we talk with our good friend and colleague, Scott Koskoski, Senior Performance Consultant and Partner at BrightDot about the critical role that emotional intelligence plays in a nonprofit’s fundraising success. This is an eye-opening topic that is sure to add value to any fundraiser or nonprofit leader’s day.
We also take a few minutes at the end of the show to talk with Scott about the state of fundraising after what appears to have been a less than great 2018 year-end fundraising season.
37 min
January 09, 2019 Ep05: Emotional intelligence is key to fundraising success, with Scott Koskoski
In this interview we talk with our good friend and colleague, Scott Koskoski, Senior Performance Consultant and Partner at BrightDot about the critical role that emotional intelligence plays in a nonprofit’s fundraising success. This is an eye-opening topic that is sure to add value to any fundraiser or nonprofit leader’s day.
We also take a few minutes at the end of the show to talk with Scott about the state of fundraising after what appears to have been a less than great 2018 year-end fundraising season.
37 min
January 09, 2019 Ep05: Emotional intelligence is key to fundraising success, with Scott Koskoski
In this interview we talk with our good friend and colleague, Scott Koskoski, Senior Performance Consultant and Partner at BrightDot about the critical role that emotional intelligence plays in a nonprofit's fundraising success. This is an eye-opening topic that is sure to add value to any fundraiser or nonprofit leader's day.
We also take a few minutes at the end of the show to talk with Scott about the state of fundraising after what appears to have been a less than great 2018 year-end fundraising season.
Show Transcript:
Andrew Olsen:                  Okay, we are recording now.
Andrew Olsen:                  Good afternoon, everyone. This is Andrew Olsen, co-host of the Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast. I'm here with my good friend and colleague Roy Jones, co-host of the Rainmaking podcast. Roy, how are you?
Roy Jones:                          Great to be here. It's going to be fun. I love talking to folks that have done university fundraising in the past. This whole subject of emotional intelligence, I like getting into that. So, I'm excited to talk to Scott. I'll let you introduce him.
Andrew Olsen:                  Yeah, I'm really excited about this as well. I think our listeners are in for a treat. I have gotten to know Scott Koskoski over the last ... Well, Scott, what's it been? Five months, I think?
Scott Koskoski:                  Yeah. Actually, a little more. Maybe eight or nine months.
Andrew Olsen:                  Okay, so eight or nine. I can't count. Scott is a great guy. He's the Senior Performance Mentor & Partner at a firm called BrightDot. In Scott's background, before coming to BrightDot, he led all the philanthropic strategy and execution at Morris Animal Foundation, and then he's held major gift roles at University of Denver, Temple University, and UT Chattanooga. So, some great sector experience.
Andrew Olsen:                  I have just really enjoyed getting to know you, Scott. I mean, you've got a great personal story and temperament in the way you approach fund development. I'm really excited to have you on today to talk to our listeners about how you and your firm approach philanthropy, because I think it's ... A lot of people consult in this space and a lot of people talk about how to fix fundraising, how to coach fundraisers, but so many of them focus on the tactics. And I love that you guys get so far above that and really deal with some of the root issues. I'm excited to talk about that with you. But before I do that, I just want to turn the mic over to you and ask for you to tell us a little bit more about yourself.
Scott Koskoski:                  Andrew, thanks. Roy, thanks. And Andrew, to your introduction, you wrote down almost everything I said for you to say about me, which is great.
Andrew Olsen:                  You can pay me later.
Scott Koskoski:                  The check is in the mail to your favorite charity. But
37 min
December 13, 2018 Ep04: Securing federal grant support, with Mark McIntyre
Our guest on this episode is Mark McIntyre, Principal and Co-Founder of Merchant McIntyre Associates, the nation’s leading federal government relations firm serving nonprofit organizations.
In our conversation with Mark, he shares a specific, proven methodology for engaging with and securing significant grant support from the federal government.
Prior to co-founding Merchant McIntyre, Mark was SVP and Director of Russ Reid’s Washington D.C. office, focused on securing federal appropriations support for nonprofits. Before leading Russ Reid DC, Mark helped build the largest privately owned government relations firm in history. Mark’s career began in politics and policy, where he worked in the White House, as Chief Speechwriter to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, and in Congress as Press Secretary to Rep. Robert L. Livingston (now retired).
During his career, Mark and his team have helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for nonprofits.
Mark is also a contributing author to the new Amazon #1 Best Seller, 101 Biggest Mistakes Nonprofits Make And How You Can Avoid Them. You can get the first 10 chapters FREE today!
36 min

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Andrew Olsen, CFRE and Roy Jones, CFRE have 50+ years of combined nonprofit leadership experience and have jointly raised nearly $1 Billion in charitable gifts. In this podcast, Andrew and Roy…